Male beauty and strength were highly valued by ancient Greeks, and they were celebrated at a special beauty pageant known as ...

Some people say that the holiday comes from the Roman festival of Lupercalia ... History.com stated that "the Roman God Cupid has his roots in Greek mythology as the Greek god of love, Eros.

Over the centuries, the movement of large numbers of people meant that gods from a variety of cultures, including Etruscan and Greek, merged together. As a result, Roman gods were a blend of ...